Tire for vehicles.



PATENTED AUGL 30, 1904.

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J. H. W. FITZGERALD.- TIRE POR VEHICLES.

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UNITED, STATES Patented August 30, 1904.

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TIRE FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION 'ormng part of Letters Patent No. '769,069, dated August 30, 1904.

Application mea April 25, 1903.

To all whom it may cancer-n: f

Be it. known that I, JOHN HERBERT WILsoN FITZGERALD, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing` at 37 Fairfax road, Bedford Park, 'County of Middlesex, England", have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Tires for Vehicles, of which the following is a specificaton. V

My invention relates to certainimprovements in tires for automobil'e and like vehicles in which the propelling force is applied'directly from the axle to the periphery of the wheel or wheels.

The-object of the said invention is to prevent what is generally known as skiclding or side slip, which obtains when such vehicle has to turn within a limited radius and at other times in ordinary road locomotion. Since said slip is due' to a coating of greasy nature upon the substratum of the road, it is evident that a tractive grip must be obtained independently of the surface and touching the solid surface'underlying it.

My invention consists, essentially, in the production of two forms of non-skidding tires especially applieable to automobile vehicles viz., one in which the tire is first manufactured with this object in View and the other in which the improvements according to my invention may be adapted to existing tires.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have appended the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Figure l is a transverse section of a tir'e especially manufactured throughout. Fig. 2is a part plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the arrangement whereby the invention may be applied to an existing tire.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the Views.

Serial Ne. 154302. (Ne model.)

of the sunk reeessc or recesses c' in the tire A, to which 'it is fitted, and is constructed of any suitable unpuncturable material, substance, or composition-such, for instanee, as layers of canvas or similar fabric-vulcanized and pressed or otherwise treated, so as to be coherent and that the whole shall possess the minimum degree of elasticity, especially at the enlarged edges b, with sufiicient tenacity to hold the shanks a' of the projecting studs a, which may be riveted, Secured by sunk nuts, or in any desirable manner through the thickness of said flexible endless inextensible band C. The edges c' of the circumferential groove or recess c in the tread of the tire A are dovetailed, undercut, or otherwise shaped to engage with the enlarged edges 7) of (I, the inextensibility of the edges Z being maintz i nm! by the introduction of a core b' of faIn-iv or other suitable inextensible or non-stretchahle material. When the tire A is deflated, the band C is readily placed' 'in position or removed and tightly held by its shape in relation to the shape of the inflated tire and by the rigidity of thet're When inflated and rendered incapable of lateral movement, while the creeping ineidental to two surfaces in contact in some cases is reduced to a minimum by reason of the maintenance of a tight con-` essential for the double purpose of reducing the wear and tear of the studs a and also to provide an intermediate surface contact between the road and the tire proper. The flexibility of theband (l, due to its Construction, prevents it from im pairing the resiliency of the tire A.

In 'adapting my improved form of tread to existing tires I onploy a grooved or molded seating B, forning a ring circumferentially around the periphery of the tire, Fig. 3, cemented, vuleanized, or otherwise suitably attached to the periphery of the ordinary tire A and provided With a groove or recess c and' recesses c in which the band C may be fitted, as in the instance hereinbefore described and shown by Fig. 1.

The band C may have a layer of soft rubber or equivalent on its outer surface, in which the studs c are partly enibedded;so as to partly fill the spaces therebetweem and in sorne cases it may be desirable for light forms of tires-as, for instanee, for use with motor-cycles to employ the studded band C without the thickened ed ges b and corresponding sunk side recesses c', the band G with or without the groove c adapting itself to the tire-tread.

The tires construeted according to my in- Vention and to which the same is adapted are not only non-skidding, but are practieally puncture-proof at the point of contact with the road, thus prolonging the life of such tres and possessing the additional advantage of being manipulated by an unskilled person.

Having now described my nvention, what JOHN HERBERT WILSON FITZGERALI).

iVitnesses:

BENJN. THos. KING, ROBT. HUNTER. 

